Strategy

The Chinese entertainment firms plan to use the funds to manage their balance sheets, shareholder returns and invest in the use of AI.

The $250m commitment will help support Asian SMEs on cross-border trade and digitalisation.

With many currencies weakening against the dollar, exceptions were the Indian rupee and the Korean won.

The Singapore-headquartered company has launched a Sustainable Finance Framework and secured a S$406m SLL.

Ler Lily has most recently been CEO of Mapletree Trust Management.

As firms move beyond spot market purchases, forward offtake agreements are a hedge for treasurers looking to de-risk, says Tencent's Andy Yu.

Jardine Engineering & Infrastructure has also named Kevin O’Brien as CEO as it eyes regional expansion.

As board demands grow, CFO skills are increasingly sought after for non-executive roles - and finance leaders are bringing those strategic insights back to their own C-suite, Paul Golden reports.

The five-year sustainability-linked refinancing consolidates several loan facilities into a single, multi-currency structure across multiple funding currencies; the Apac property firm wants to grow its core logistics and data centre businesses.

The Singapore-based professional services platform has raised a $35m Series B; former Slack chief financial officer Allen Shim joined as president and CFO in June.

Bogd Bank has increased its debut international notes to $100m, while the Development Bank of Mongolia has expanded its new bond to $750m, highlighting growing offshore investor interest in the frontier market.

The Japanese yen fell to a 40-year low, the Korean won outperformed, the Rmb was flat, the Indian rupee was resilient, while MAS unexpectedly tightened monetary policy.